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ADA, Okla. – A slow start built the SWOSU volleyball team an insurmountable deficit on Tuesday night as East Central handed the Lady Bulldogs their first conference loss of the season in straight sets (23-25, 21-25, 16-25).
ECU raced out to an 11-3 lead in the first set, leaving SWOSU climbing uphill the rest of the set but the Dawgs would eventually erase the deficit and take their first lead at 23-22. It was then, however that the Tigers put down three kills in a four-point span to take the lead with a 25-23 set victory.
The second set appeared to be in the Bulldogs favor with SWOSU holding a lead of four points on multiple occasions, the final time at 20-16. A kill from
Carly Zak put SWOSU on top 21-19, but the Bulldogs were held their as ECU ended the set on a 6-0 run to go up 2-0.
That momentum carried over into the third set where East Central again closed strong, scoring the final five points and claiming the match 3-0 with a 25-16 win of the set.
Zak led SWOSU with 10 kills in 27 attempts while
Alison Cole put down six kills in 14 attempts. As a team, the Bulldogs were held to a .087 hitting percentage after committing 18 hitting errors.
Breann Whitaker had a team-high 23 assists while
Kaila Lancaster (13) and
Kenya Williams (10) both reached double figures in digs. Cole led SWOSU with seven assist blocks, giving the Lady Bulldogs an edge at the net with 9.0 total blocks.
The loss drops SWOSU to 4-9 (1-1 GAC) on the year with a week off before visiting Southern Nazarene on October 1. East Central improves to 4-6 (1-0 GAC) with the win.
